55th British Academy Film Awards
| 55th British Academy Film Awards | ||||
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| Date | 24 February 2002 | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |||
| Best British Film | Gosford Park | |||
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind |
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| Best Actress | Judi Dench Iris |
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| Most awards | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |||
| Most nominations | TIE: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge! |
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The 55th British Film Awards (BAFTA Awards), given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 24 February 2002, honoured the best in film for 2001.
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won the award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Makeup & Hair. Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, was voted Best British Film of 2001. Russell Crowe won the award for Best Lead Actor in A Beautiful Mind. A Beautiful Mind also won the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Connelly). Judi Dench won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Iris. Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge!) won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
[edit] Winners and nominees
[edit] Best Actor
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
- Jim Broadbent - Iris
- Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Kevin Spacey - The Shipping News
- Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
[edit] Best Actress
- Nicole Kidman - The Others
- Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
- Audrey Tautou - Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
- Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary
[edit] Best Cinematography
The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins
- Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - Bruno Delbonnel
- Black Hawk Down - Slawomir Idziak
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Andrew Lesnie
- Moulin Rouge! - Donald McAlpine
[edit] Best Costume Design
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge!
- Planet of the Apes
[edit] Best Director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Robert Altman - Gosford Park
- Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
- Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
[edit] Best Editing
- Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - Hervé Schneid
- Black Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - John Gilbert
- Moulin Rouge! - Jill Bilcock
[edit] Best Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
[edit] Best Film - British (Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film)
[edit] Best Foreign Language Film
Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) – Mexico
- Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) – France/Germany
- Behind the Sun (Abril despedaçado) – Brazil/France/Switzerland
- Monsoon Wedding – France/Germany/India/Italy/USA
- The Piano Teacher (La pianiste) – Austria/France/Germany/Poland
[edit] Best Makeup and Hair
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
[edit] Best Music (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music)
"Moulin Rouge!" - Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries
- "Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)" - Yann Tiersen
- "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" - Howard Shore
- "Mulholland Dr." - Angelo Badalamenti
- "Shrek" - Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell
[edit] Best Production Design
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
- Gosford Park
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge!
[edit] Best Screenplay - Adapted
[edit] Best Screenplay - Original
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
- Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes
- Moulin Rouge! - Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
- The Others - Alejandro Amenábar
- The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
[edit] Best Short Film
- Inferno
- The Red Peppers
- Skin Deep
- Tattoo
[edit] Best Short Film - Animation
[edit] Best Sound
- Black Hawk Down
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Shrek
[edit] Best Supporting Actor
- Hugh Bonneville - Iris
- Robbie Coltrane - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Colin Firth - Bridget Jones's Diary
- Eddie Murphy - Shrek
[edit] Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
- Judi Dench - The Shipping News
- Helen Mirren - Gosford Park
- Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
- Kate Winslet - Iris
[edit] Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
[edit] Awards breakdown
Winners (at least two awards won)
- 4 / 12 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Best Director, Film, Makeup & Hair and Visual Effects
- 3 / 12 Moulin Rouge! Best Sound, Best Film Music, Best Supporting Actor
- 2 / 5 A Beautiful Mind: Best Actor and Supporting Actress
- 2 / 8 Gosford Park: Best British Film and Costume Design
- 2 / 9 Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain): Best Original Screenplay and Production Design
- 1 / 1 Amores perros (Love's a Bitch): Best Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 1 The Man Who Wasn't There: Best Cinematography
- 1 / 2 Mulholland Dr.: Best Editing
- 1 / 6 Iris: Best Actress
- 1 / 6 Shrek: Best Adapted Screenplay
Losers (no awards but 2 or more nominations)
- 0 / 2 In the Bedroom
- 0 / 2 The Others
- 0 / 2 Planet of the Apes
- 0 / 3 Black Hawk Down
- 0 / 4 Bridget Jones's Diary
- 0 / 7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
[edit] Russell Crowe controversy
After he won Best Actor Crowe gave a speech in which he quoted a poem by Patrick Kavanagh. When the show was aired the Crowe was upset that the poem was cut and blamed the director Malcolm Gerrie and confronted him about it. It was reported that the confrontation got physical and there was speculation that it would cost him the Oscar.[1][2][3]
[edit] References
- http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/component/content/article/345-united-kingdomeurope/63198.html
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-101767/Stars-ready-Baftas.html
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-97053/Bafta-nominations-revealed.html
- Lord of the Rings Sweeps BAFTAS
